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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broadley Ctg, Broadley Plant.

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bryanston

Historical Forms

  • silvam de Bradele, terre arabilis de Bradele, Bradele(ye)combe 1334 MiltC 15
  • Bradelegh 1344 Pat
  • Bradeley in Stykelane 1431 FA
  • Little Bradley 1586 Hutch3
  • Broadly Grounds 1650 ib
  • Bradley (Wd) 1811 OS

Etymology

Broadley Ctg, Broadley Plant. & Broadley Wd (ST 850060), silvam de Bradele , terre arabilis de Bradele , Bradele (ye )combe 1334 (15) MiltC , Bradelegh 1344 Pat, Bradeley in Stykelane 1431 FA, Little Bradley 1586 Hutch3, Broadly Grounds 1650 ib, Bradley (Wd )1811 OS, 'broad wood or clearing', v. brād , lēah , with cumb 'valley'; part of this wood was formerly in Winterborne Stic. par. infra .